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DeutschDefiance is a city of 17,000 people (2019) and the seat of Defiance county in Northwest Ohio.
Understand
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Fort Defiance was built by General "Mad" Anthony Wayne in August 1794, during the Northwest Indian War. Today a pair of cannons outside the city library on the Maumee River overlook the confluence and mark the location of Fort Defiance, along with a mounded outline of the fort walls.
Fort Winchester was built on the same spot during the War of 1812, but it was a larger fort that extended southward somewhat along the Auglaize River. Historical plaques in the sidewalks mark the full extent of Fort Winchester.
Defiance was built in 1822 around the site of the War of 1812 fort.
Get in
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The city sits about 55 miles (89 km) southwest of Toledo and 47 miles (76 km) northeast of Fort Wayne, Indiana, in Ohio's northwestern corner.
By car
[edit | edit source]US24 passes through Defiance from southwest to northeast.
By plane
[edit | edit source]- 1 Defiance Memorial Airport (DFI IATA). A General aviation airport.
Get around
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- 1 Dey Road Bridge. A vintage iron truss bridge. Closed to motor traffic, but pedestrians are permitted to cross.
- 2 Old Fort Defiance Park. A park at the site of the old Fort Defiance.
Do
[edit | edit source]- 1 Kingsbury Park & Pool, 102 Auglaize St. A park along the Maumee river with a baseball diamond and a modern swimming pool complex. Free (pool is $3).
- 2 Independence Dam State Park.
Buy
[edit | edit source]Eat
[edit | edit source]- 1 Sweetwater Chophouse, 211 Carpenter Rd (Eagle Rock Golf Club), ☏ +1-419-785-4434. Su M 11AM-9AM, Tu-Sa 11AM-10PM.
Drink
[edit | edit source]- 1 Jersey's Game Day Grill, 1995 N Clinton, ☏ +1-419-956-0925, [email protected]. M-Th 11AM-11PM, F Sa 11AM-midnight, Su 11AM-10PM. Sports bar
Sleep
[edit | edit source]- 1 Holiday Inn Express, 1148 Hotel Dr, ☏ +1-419-784-0782, [email protected]. Check-in: 3PM, check-out: 11AM. Includes complementary breakfast and Wi-Fi. $125.
- 2 Hampton Inn, 1037 Hotel Dr, ☏ +1-419-784-1515. Check-in: 3PM, check-out: 11AM. Complementary breakfast, Wi-Fi and indoor pool. $150.
Connect
[edit | edit source]- 1 Defiance Public Library, 320 Fort St, ☏ +1-419-782-1456. Free.
- 2 Defiance Post Office.